Bebnhardt



B. W. JANSEN.

SURGICAL BANDAGE.

APPLICATION HLEB AUG. 16. I918.

1 303,9(23. Patented May 20, 1919.

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BERNHARDT W. JAIN' SEN, 0F GOLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK, A SSIGNOR T0 TRAUN' RUBBER COMPANY", OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SURGICAL BANDAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1919.

Application filed. August 16, 1918. Serial No.250,10 5

My invention relates to improvements in,

surgical bandages of the type known on the market as Martins bandage. The latter usually comprises a strip or band of soft, elastic, vulcanized rubber to one end of which is attached means for securing the bandage about the injured member. The securing means consists generally of a tongue or layer of fabric superimposed on one end of the bandage, and secured between the rubber strip and such fabric two tying tapes which project beyond the adjacent end of the bandage and extend parallel or substantially parallel to each other.

In use, after the bandage is wound about the injured part of the body, the two lengths of tape are tied together over the outside of the bandage and it is not always possible to tie the tapes without producing wrinkles in the bandage which are apt to cause pain to the patient and may have a'detrimental influence on the healing process of the wound. It has also been found in practice that the two separate lengths of tape are easily detached from the bandage by the strain put thereon during tying, and at times the tapes are loosened or entirely detached by the unconscious muscular movement of the patient after the bandage has been placed in position.

The principal object of my invention is to overcome these objections to the typical Martin bandage. The improved bandage comprises the usual or standard strip or band of soft, elastic, vulcanized rubber having superimposed on one end thereofa sultable fabric tongue or layer of material provided with oppositely disposed spacedslits, and a tape the ends of which are led out through the slits, such tongue being suitably attached to the rubber strip as by gluing, cementing or stitching.

The preferred embodiment of the 1nv ention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1' is an elevational view of a portion of an upper human limb with the bandage secured about the wrist thereof. r Fig. 2" is a plan view of a fragment of the improved bandage; and if v V,

Fig. 3 is a substantially central longitudinal section thereof.

lojdenotes Strip or band ofsoft, elastic vulcanized rubber having superposed over one end thereof and conforming in shape to such end a tongue or piece of fabric 11 pro vided with the oppositely disposed suitably spaced slots or openings 12.

Threaded through the openings in the tongue 11 is the tying tape which in the drawing is shown as consisting of a single length 13, and is passed downwardly through the inner slot 12, is then led under the middle portion of the body of the tongue 11 and then emerges through the outer slot 12 thus providing tying ends A and B of suitable length. The tongue 11 with the tape 13 threaded therethrough is then firmly attached to the rubber strip 10, such attachment being efi'ected either by cementing which is the preferable manner, or by gluing or stitching which methods of attachment may be adopted, although they are probably less desirable. It will of course be apparent that instead of using a single strip 13 I may use a plurality of strips, provided the tying -ends A and B extend in opposite directions.

A bandage constructed in the manner shown and described has the advantage that, owing to the fact of the tape ends A and B extending in opposite directions, it affords an even pull in tying, under all circumstances. By thisconstruction the possibility of causing wrinkles in the-bandage which may be hurtful to the patient and injurious to the healing process is eliminated. The accidental detachment of the tape from the pitndage is also rendered virtually impossi- If the tape supplied with the original bandage is soiled or becomes defective for any other reason, a new tape may be very easily applied by drawing the same through the slots 12.

In rubber bandages, as in all rubber goods,

more or less sulfur-is used for vulcanizing.

on it, as well as on anything with which it comes into close contact. It is found that quite often the tape is affected by this chemical action to such an extent that its usefulness is entirely destroyed. My present im provement permits the thorough protection of the tape from the action of the sulfur.

That part of the length of tape which is cemented or otherwise fastened between the cloth and the rubber is not affected, because the sulfur acts only when it has free play by contact with the air. The rest of the length of the tape can be effectively protected by inc'losing it between layers of WELX paper, and this protection can not be afforded to the same extent with the old style of fastening the tape.

I What I claim Ji's: A' bandage comprising a of said band, said tongue having oppositely disposed slots therein spaced away from each other lengthwise of the band, and a tying tape secured between said tongue and said rubber band, and having its ends projecting in opposite directions substantially co-aXially with said rubber band.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERNHARDT W. .JANSEN. Witnesses:

' CHARLES A. FUCHS, FELIX SOT EMER;

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